WSR 15-20-123

PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY

[Filed October 7, 2015, 11:18 a.m.]

Subject of Possible Rule Making: Electric vehicle infrastructure bank.

Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: 2ESSB 5987, section 403, adds a new section to chapter 47.04 RCW directing the Washington state department of transportation (WSDOT) to adopt rules for a new electric vehicle infrastructure bank.

Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: Chapter 47.04 RCW directs the department's public-private partnership office to develop a pilot program to support the deployment of electric vehicle charging infrastructure that is supported by private financing.

Process for Developing New Rule: Negotiated rule making.

Interested parties can participate in the decision to adopt the new rule and formulation of the proposed rule before publication by contacting WSDOT, Public-Private Partnership Office, 310 Maple Park Avenue S.E., P.O. Box 47395, Olympia, WA 98504-7395, (360) 705-7439, or partnerships@wsdot.wa.gov.

October 7, 2015

Kathryn W. Taylor

Assistant Secretary

Strategic, Enterprise

and Employee Services